Bathtub rim water dam

Abstract

An improvement in a shower stall having a curtain extending between walls forming the stall is provided, said stall having a receptacle in which a person may stand while showering, said receptacle having a rim capable of allowing water to run along its top surface between the walls and the curtain out of the shower stall, the improvement being a water dam comprising a strip adapted to be affixed to the top surface of the rim of the receptacle in abutment with a wall of the stall near an end of the curtain and further adapted to traverse the top surface of the rim and continue a short distance down into the receptacle.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property and privilege is claimed are as follows: 
     
       1. In a shower stall having a curtain extending between walls forming the stall, said stall having a receptacle in which a person may stand while showering, said receptacle having a rim capable of allowing water to run along its top surface between the walls and the curtain out of the shower stall, the improvement being a water dam comprising a strip adapted to be affixed to the top surface of the rim of the receptacle in abutment with a wall of the stall near an end of the curtain and further adapted to traverse the top surface of the rim and continue a short distance down into the receptacle. 
     
     
       2. The improvement of claim 1 in which the water dam is a strip of pliable material. 
     
     
       3. The improvement of claim 2 in which the water dam is a strip of plastic having a water resistant adhesive backing adapted to adhere to said receptacle rim 
     
     
       4. In a shower stall having front, side and back walls, a bathtub and a curtain extending between the front and back walls, said bathtub having an upper rim with a substantially flat top surface which will permit water to run along said top surface between the curtain and the front or back wall out of the shower stall, the improvement being a pair of water dams, each said dam comprising a strip of plastic having a water resistant adhesive backing, adapted to adhere to the bathtub, and each said strip being adapted to be affixed in abutment with one of the front and the back walls of the stall, near the respective ends of the curtain, across the rim and down inside the bathtub for a short distance, said dams being adapted to divert water running along the bathtub rim, back into the bathtub.